病める

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
痛める

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [yàméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ja̠me̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

()める • (yameruintransitive ichidan (stem () (yame), past ()めた (yameta))

  1. (dated) to ache
    Synonym: 痛む (itamu)
    • 1931, 金田千鶴, 夏蚕時[1], 青空文庫:
      ()()()()(そく)(つづ)いてゐた。(あさ)()()ますと、(からだ)がミシミシと()めてよろよろする(ほど)だった。
      Shizu wa nebusoku ga tsuzuite ita. Asa me o samasu to, karada ga mishimishi to yamete yoroyoro suru hodo datta.
      Shizu had not been getting enough sleep. When she woke up in the morning, her body creaked and ached, so much so that she staggered.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "病める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 病め やめ yame
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 病め やめ yame
Shūshikei ("terminal") 病める やめる yameru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 病める やめる yameru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 病めれ やめれ yamere
Meireikei ("imperative") 病めよ¹
病めろ²
やめよ¹
やめろ²
yameyo¹
yamero²
Key constructions
Passive 病められる やめられる yamerareru
Causative 病めさせる
病めさす
やめさせる
やめさす
yamesaseru
yamesasu
Potential 病められる
病めれる³
やめられる
やめれる³
yamerareru
yamereru³
Volitional 病めよう やめよう yameyō
Negative 病めない
病めぬ
病めん
やめない
やめぬ
やめん
yamenai
yamenu
yamen
Negative continuative 病めず やめず yamezu
Formal 病めます やめます yamemasu
Perfective 病めた やめた yameta
Conjunctive 病めて やめて yamete
Hypothetical conditional 病めれば やめれば yamereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms
  • (あと)(ばら)()める (atobara ga yameru)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [yàméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ja̠me̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

()める • (yameru

  1. classical adnominal stative of 病む (yamu, to fall ill): has fallen ill, is sick
    ()める(とき)(すこ)やかなる(とき)
    yameru toki mo sukoyaka naru toki mo
    in sickness and in health